Cuschieri Consultancy

Cuschieri Consultancy provides a number of payroll services which include: Application for ETC Schemes, Application for work permits, Applications for Children's allowance benefits, Assistance in employment-related litigation, Comprehensive periodical payroll services, Employment contracts, Filing of corporate and personal provisional tax forms, Pension applications and advice and, Personal tax returns and National Insurance returns. Cuschieri Consultancy can assist and advise you in a number of other ways. We can help you: Application for first-year tax exemptions, Application for tax refund due to foreign shareholders, Application for VAT rulings on particular transactions, Applications for tax rulings and tax interpretations from the authority, Applications for tax credits through various fiscal schemes, Attainment of tax and duty exemptions where applicable, Personal and corporate tax advisory services, Preparation and submission of claims for tax refund, Preparation and submission of corporate income tax return documentation, Registration of foreign shareholders for refund purposes, Review of income tax computations, Tax planning exercises for groups of companies, Tax restructuring exercises, Transfers of company shares and, VAT planning. Enterprises can benefit from numerous funding schemes which are available through either Local or EU Funding. These are available both in the form of Tax Credits or as Grants. We are able to guide you through the application process for such schemes. This entails determining your eligibility for the schemes as we will not advise you to apply should you not be eligible for such funding. Guidance as to which scheme best suits your enterprise will also be provided. Together with the filling in of the application form/s, certain schemes also include an obligatory business plan which we can also develop for your enterprise. The cost of the business plan may be recovered through an EU Funded Grant Scheme. Amongst other schemes available for SMEs the below EU Funded Grant Schemes are currently open for applications: SME Consultancy Services Grant Scheme - up to €4,000 Grant - finances business plans and other studies; e-Commerce Grant Scheme - up to €5,000 Grant - finances a new or upgrading of an e-commerce website and/or a mobile application; SME Diversification and Innovation Grant Scheme - up to €200,000 Grant - finances equipment, machinery, construction, upgrading, leasing, rental, patents, licenses and wage costs; SME Internationalisation Grant Scheme - up to €10,000 Grant - finances participation in international business promotion fairs held outside the Maltese Islands; SME Growth Grant Scheme - up to €500,000 Grant - finances equipment, machinery, construction, upgrading, leasing, rental, patents and licenses; Start-up Investment Grant Scheme - up to €300,000 Grant - finances equipment, machinery, construction, upgrading, leasing, rental, patents and licenses.